Robert Earl Burton - illustration of thoughts on the topic of Tr

Transcend Time

Make sure that you belong to yourself. • The arts have value only if they lead to presence. • We have realizable aims, such as being present to a bite […]

Horus as a child - Robert Earl Burton - illustration of thoughts on the Miraculous

The Miraculous

It is important to be quiet and absorbent, especially around beautiful impressions. In this way one brings everything one has learned in one’s life to the present. * We must […]

Robert Earl Burton - Self Remembering - Laughing Buddha

Self-remembering

You cannot touch great art unless you transform great suffering. * The one thing you don’t want to miss in your life is your own presence – if you miss […]

Robert Earl Burton- Beyond MInd - Developing Presence

Beyond Mind: Developing Presence

Talent and genius are given; Presence must be earned. * We do one thing at a time with Presence. We choose the presence of Third Eye. Third Eye is above […]

Robert Earl Burton - illustration of thoughts on the topic of Obstacles to Presence

Obstacles to Presence

If you talk too much, you cannot absorb; you superficially deflect rather than profoundly absorb. * The lower self depends quite a bit on humor and unnecessary talk to displace […]

Robert Earl Burton thoughts on the Veil of Imagination

Veil of Imagination

One needs to give up who one imagines one is to become who one truly is without imagination. * When you do not see the lower self, he sees you […]

The Nature of Presence

  The more conscious one becomes, the less one will occupy space. * It is in the nature of awakening to be inconspicuous. * Consciousness has degrees. Presence can have […]

Presence

  The arts must lead to Presence, otherwise they have no value for either the viewer of the listener. * Presence is not negative, not indignant, not irreverent. Presence does […]